Guest Lecture of Entrepreneurship Realization
創業實務演講
Title: Starting a business is the new MBA
Time: 1:20 pm - 2:50 pm, 2015/12/22 (Check-in: 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm)
Place: International Conference Hall, MIRC, National Chiao Tung University
地點：國立交通大學 電子與資訊研究中心一樓國際會議廳
Speaker: Jamie Lin
演講人：林之晨
【Speaker's Biography】
Jamie Lin is the Founding Partner of AppWorks, which launched its Taipei-based accelerator program in 2010 to help Internet startups optimize their products and business strategies. Every six months, AppWorks Accelerator recruits 30 promising startups working in mobile internet, internet of things, and other rapidly growing areas. With over 250 startups in its alumni network to date, the AppWorks ecosystem is the largest of its kind in Asia. Star alumni include EZTABLE, Tagtoo, CHOCOLABS, UrAd, and many more. AppWorks also manages a total of US$61 million in VC funds. It leads seed and Series A rounds for its startups, investing US$100K to 5M and aligning co-investors based on their needs.
Jamie has an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a bachelor's degree in engineering from the National Taiwan University. His life as an entrepreneur began during his college years, when he co-founded his first company - Hotcool, a B2C computer retail website - with classmates in 1999. Hotcool is now Intumit, a leading provider of Chinese-language big data solutions. In 2006, Jamie co-founded travel social network Sosauce with his friends in New York; two years later, the company pivoted to become 3D game production house Muse Games.
【講者簡介】
林之晨是 AppWorks 之初創投的創始合夥人。AppWorks 從 2010 年起在台北經營 AppWorks Accelerator 創業加速器。每半年一期，每期嚴選 30 家移動互聯網、物聯網新創企業加入。累積畢業校友至今達 250 家，已成為為亞洲最指標性創業加速器。AppWorks 同時管理共美金 6,100 萬創投基金，全力支持 AppWorks 校友融資需求。AppWorks 畢業的明星新創企業包括 EZTABLE、Tagtoo、CHOCOLABS、UrAd 等。
創辦 AppWorks 前，Jamie 在 2006 年於紐約與朋友共同創立旅遊社群網站 Sosauce。2008 年，Sosauce 轉型成為今日的 3D 遊戲製作公司 Muse Games。更早之前，Jamie 曾於 1999 年和同學共同創辦了 B2C 電腦零售網站哈酷網。達康股災後，哈酷轉型為碩網資訊，至今仍是中文大數據的領導品牌。Jamie 是 NYU Stern School of Business 的企管碩士，台灣大學工程學士。
※ The speech will be conducted in English. The admission is free of charge but registration is required (limited to 200 seats). Everyone is welcome. 英文演講，免費入場，一律網路報名(限200人)，歡迎各界人士參加。
※ Registration website: http://goo.gl/forms/6LyyZqZ60Z
※ Contact person: Ms. Yang, (03) 5712121, Ext. 54832
※ Organizers: College of CS, NCTU and MOST Project Office of “Development and Applications of Advanced Communications Networking Technologies" 主辦單位: 國立交通大學資訊學院，科技部「前瞻通訊網路技術開發與應用計畫規劃」辦公室。
